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Call the '''Lawyer Referral Service''' to get the name of a lawyer. For $25 plus taxes, you can speak to the lawyer for 30 minutes about your case, to help decide whether you would you want to hire them. | Call the '''Lawyer Referral Service''' to get the name of a lawyer. For $25 plus taxes, you can speak to the lawyer for 30 minutes about your case, to help decide whether you would you want to hire them. | ||
:Toll-free: 1-800-663-1919 | :Toll-free: 1-800-663-1919 | ||
:Web: cbabc.org | :Web: [http://www.cbabc.org/For-the-Public/Lawyer-Referral-Service cbabc.org] | ||
If you can’t find a lawyer | ==If you can’t find a lawyer== | ||
At '''student legal clinics''' in the Lower Mainland and Victoria, law students can help if you’re charged with a summary conviction offence (a less serious crime) and likely won’t get a jail sentence if you’re convicted. | |||
:Telephone: 250-385-1221 in Victoria or 604-822-5791 in the Lower Mainland | |||
:Web: [https://www.uvic.ca/law/about/centre/ uvic.ca/law/about/centre] for Victoria or [http://www.lslap.bc.ca/ lslap.bc.ca] for the Lower Mainland | |||
You can talk to '''duty counsel''' at the courthouse where your case is if they’re available on your court day. They can give you brief advice and speak for you the first time you appear in court. | |||
:Web: [https://lss.bc.ca/legal_aid/criminalAndImmigrationDutyCounsel.php legalaid.bc.ca] | |||
[updated March 2018] | |||
'''The above was last reviewed for accuracy by Jordan Allingham, Ferguson Allingham and Paul Briggs, Paul Briggs Law.''' | |||
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